WARNING TO BATHERS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9742, 6 March 1914, Page 6

WARNING TO BATHERS.

SWLUMIXC AFTKR MEALS. ••Public attrition." said Mr K. C Cutten. S.M.. at Auckland, "is Iwinjjc con.sian.iy drawn to the danger of bathing ahi i' meals, and it become* my duty oiici i, .'.' to call the a 1 ontion ol swimii:-'!> t the danger ol tin- practice."' Mr t ip; !i was invotigating the drowning :',:- ;•: lit wh'.ch resulted 111 the death oi a v«iUiiU s; ainan named .James Doolan. off Motnihi Island, on Monday afternoon. Evidence el identification was tiiven l>y Patrick D mlan, lather oi ikwaswl. lie believed his son to be a good swimmer, a;c! was not aware that ho was tmhieci i i cramp or seizures oi any kind. Ibe bey wa.s about IH years of age. Win. Himwii (captain ol the cutter ].''■! iji »cribe.| how about one o'clock ])-iolan. wl'.o was working on the boat at the rime, went into the water tor a r-wim. tlie water being about 4ft deep. For a ; \\ minuter he noticed Doolan with :'• prank. On wis n< .»\s return from Ids cabin, alter a few minutes' absence ii nn the deck, he noticed the plank with which Doolan had been swimming was washed up on th<' hewh. hut there were no signs oi the youth. He therelore steered the cutter close in shore, where he observed Doolan's body in about 6t't ol water, a distance of mine L'"»ft ironi the shore. .Just then Cap- ■ 'ii. Caspar came along and he assisted \vm;« - to recover the body with grappling iron-. Artificial respiration was ;>.-,,,. ! .-) without avail. Witness judged De-dan to !.•<• a good swimmer, inn! knew »! nothing to account for his rolfa ;;>«>. nid.-.- ii was a seizure with euvjnp. Prior to going into the water Doomn had dined. Corroborative evidence was given by Cantain ( aspar. S : iiviug his verdict, to the effect arh was due to drowniiig whilst . the coroner remarked: "There cunt about it that this young ; .'• las a result oi going into the •• immediately alter making a heavy meal."